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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Robert David Nicholas Bryan

Robert David Nicholas Bryan

Nov 13, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ROBERT DAVID NICHOLAS BRYAN, 47, died Thursday, November 13, 2014. A native of Miami, FL, Robert was a son of James David Bryan and Sonia Kowalczyk Bryan. He has been a resident of Aiken for 15 years and was a member of Saint Mary's Help of Christians Church. Robert is survived by his parents, Jim Bryan of Miami,...

Sara Lynn Acton

Sara Lynn Acton

Nov 11, 2014

AIKEN – Ms. Sara Lynn Acton, 57, died suddenly at her home Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Sara was born in Neenah, WI, to Marian Grunske and the late Charles F. Acton. She moved with her parents to Aiken at the age of ten. She graduated from Aiken High School then received her undergraduate and Masters Degrees from Clemson University. She...

Mary Welch Comer

Mary Welch Comer

Nov 11, 2014

AIKEN, SC - MARY WELCH COMER, 63, beloved wife of R. Murphy Comer, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at her residence. Mary was a daughter of the late Charlie M. and Essie Purvis Welch. She was born in Pinehurst, NC and grew up in Robbins, NC. She graduated from Winthrop University in 1975 and was an environmental engineer. Mary...

Phillip Gordon Brown

Phillip Gordon Brown

Nov 9, 2014

AIKEN - Mr. Phillip Gordon Brown, 62, beloved husband of Paula Huffman Brown, died suddenly at the Outer Banks, NC, Sunday, November 9, 2014. Phillip was born in Raleigh, NC. He was a son of Homer Franklin Brown and Margaret Adelaide Smith Brown. He was a Grandson of William Henry and Margaret Alice Baugh Smith. Phillip was born in Raleigh,...

Meta Baggett Borop

Meta Baggett Borop

Nov 9, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Meta Baggett Borop, 93, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014. A private graveside funeral service will be held Saturday morning at St. Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery, 196 Brick Church Circle, St. Stephen, SC 29479. A public memorial celebration of her life will be held next spring in St. Stephen. Meta Baggett Borop was born in St. Stephen,...

Joyce Neeley Kinder

Joyce Neeley Kinder

Nov 7, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Joyce Neeley Kinder passed into God's caring embrace on Friday, November 7 – entirely too early and unexpectedly - during her sixty-eighth year of sharing with and caring for others. There she will join her father, Walter Bookhardt Neeley, her son Joshua Kinder, and her mother Alberta Mills Neeley. Joyce was a designer with Material Things of...

Robert B. McNair

Robert B. McNair

Nov 6, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. Robert Blair McNair, 55, beloved son of Ellyn Blair McNair, died at his home after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his father, James M. McNair, Sr. A private graveside service will be held in historic Bethany Cemetery. Robert was born in Charlotte, NC and moved soon after to Aiken, at the time his...

Larry Cox

Larry Cox

Nov 5, 2014

AIKEN, SC – DUNCAN LAWRENCE COX, JR., 75, beloved husband, of Geraldine Utley Cox, died Wednesday, November 05, 2014 at his residence. A native of Silva, NC, Larry was a son of the late Duncan Lawrence, Sr. and Ann Gribble Cox. He was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army, retiring after 20 years, and serving two tours of...

Michael K Heaton

Michael K Heaton

Nov 5, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. Michael King Heaton, 63, died Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Mr. Heaton was a son of the late Clyde Samuel and Hazel King Heaton. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering, Michael worked as a computer aided designer in manufacturing. He moved to Aiken in 1988 and became a member of St. John’s United...

Dorothy B. Fisher

Dorothy B. Fisher

Nov 5, 2014

AIKEN, SC – Dorothy Beach Fisher died peacefully Nov. 5, 2014, in Aiken, SC. Dorothy was born on March 10, 1920, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She graduated high school and earned her BA degree from Cornell College in her hometown, where she majored in music. She had a lovely contralto voice and sang in choruses, at weddings, and she soloed...

Mabel Beasley

Mabel Beasley

Nov 2, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Mabel Beasley, 90, beloved wife of William "Bill" Beasley, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014. Graveside services will be held 3:00 PM Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Historic Bethany Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Beasley was the daughter of the late Frank Brown and Mabel Kimball McCoy....

Kathryn Huntley Windham

Kathryn Huntley Windham

Nov 1, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Kathryn “Kitty” Huntley Windham, 89, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014. Mrs. Windham was born on October 30, 1925, in Mt. Croghan, SC, to the late Johnson David and Lucy Burch Huntley. After finishing high school, Mrs. Windham graduated from Wingate Junior College and Coker College and later received her Masters Degree in Education from USC. She...

Donald Eugene Fuss

Donald Eugene Fuss

Oct 31, 2014

AIKEN - Mr. Donald Fuss, 65, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014. Mr. Fuss was born in Martinsburg, WV and was the son of Anna Mary Ruble Fuss Allen of Shepherdstown, WV and the late Donald E Fuss. Donald worked at the Savannah River Site as a Computer Specialist since moving to Aiken in 1988. He is survived by his...

Donald Edwin Faugl

Donald Edwin Faugl

Oct 30, 2014

AIKEN, SC- DONALD EDWIN FAUGL, 91, widower of the late Alice Harnagel Faugl, died on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Georgia Regents Medical Center. Mr. Faugl was born in Mansfield, OH, a son of the late Frank Faugl and Bertha Stoffer Faugl. Mr. Faugl has made Aiken his home since 1973. He was a veteran of the United States Army...

Beverly Park Crawford

Beverly Park Crawford

Oct 29, 2014

NEW ELLENTON, SC - Beverly Crawford, 84, returned to her heavenly home on October 30, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Crawford was born to the late Robert and Leila Park and grew up in Columbia, SC, but called New Ellenton home for much of her life. She was a graduate of Dreher High School (1947). She, and the love of...

Myrtle Burnette

Myrtle Burnette

Oct 29, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Myrtle Burgess Burnette, 88, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church, Aiken, with the Reverend Dr. Jim Ford officiating. Inurnment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church parlor. Mrs. Burnette was...

Zelma Richardson Smith

Zelma Richardson Smith

Oct 28, 2014

AIKEN, SC – ZELMA RICHARDSON SMITH, 90, widow of Ray Boling Smith, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Taylor Wells and Rev. Paul Volpitto officiating. Interment will follow in the historic Bethany Cemetery. Pallbearers will be...

Betty P. Thorne

Betty P. Thorne

Oct 28, 2014

NEW ELLENTON, SC – BETTY MARIE PARRIS THORNE, 83, of New Ellenton, SC, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Born February 22, 1931 in Chesnee, SC, Betty was a daughter of the late Vernon and Enola Scruggs Parris. She had been a resident of New Ellenton since 1952 and was married to the late Paul Lamar Thorne...

Frieda Yoder

Frieda Yoder

Oct 28, 2014

WAGENER, SC – FRIEDA ANN (MISHLER) YODER was born on April 4, 1951 in Sarasota, FL to John and Dema (Chupp) Mishler. On October 28, 2014, she went quietly and peacefully into the presence of Jesus whom she loved with a focused intensity. Frieda was the embodiment of fire and grace and she lived her life with integrity, enjoying the...

Barbara Sipp Sampson

Barbara Sipp Sampson

Oct 28, 2014

Barbara Sipp Sampson, 91, wife of Ed Sampson of Aiken, entered into rest on Tuesday evening, October 28th, 2014 at her residence after a valiant battle with cancer and in the loving arms of Christ and surrounded by her family. Mrs. Sampson was born in Topeka, Kansas on February 23, 1923, the daughter of Fred and Marian Sipp. She graduated...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Robert David Nicholas Bryan

Robert David Nicholas Bryan

Nov 13, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ROBERT DAVID NICHOLAS BRYAN, 47, died Thursday, November 13, 2014. A native of Miami, FL, Robert was a son of James David Bryan and Sonia Kowalczyk Bryan. He has been a resident of Aiken for 15 years and was a member of Saint Mary's Help of Christians Church. Robert is survived by his parents, Jim Bryan of Miami,...

Sara Lynn Acton

Sara Lynn Acton

Nov 11, 2014

AIKEN – Ms. Sara Lynn Acton, 57, died suddenly at her home Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Sara was born in Neenah, WI, to Marian Grunske and the late Charles F. Acton. She moved with her parents to Aiken at the age of ten. She graduated from Aiken High School then received her undergraduate and Masters Degrees from Clemson University. She...

Mary Welch Comer

Mary Welch Comer

Nov 11, 2014

AIKEN, SC - MARY WELCH COMER, 63, beloved wife of R. Murphy Comer, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at her residence. Mary was a daughter of the late Charlie M. and Essie Purvis Welch. She was born in Pinehurst, NC and grew up in Robbins, NC. She graduated from Winthrop University in 1975 and was an environmental engineer. Mary...

Phillip Gordon Brown

Phillip Gordon Brown

Nov 9, 2014

AIKEN - Mr. Phillip Gordon Brown, 62, beloved husband of Paula Huffman Brown, died suddenly at the Outer Banks, NC, Sunday, November 9, 2014. Phillip was born in Raleigh, NC. He was a son of Homer Franklin Brown and Margaret Adelaide Smith Brown. He was a Grandson of William Henry and Margaret Alice Baugh Smith. Phillip was born in Raleigh,...

Meta Baggett Borop

Meta Baggett Borop

Nov 9, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Meta Baggett Borop, 93, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014. A private graveside funeral service will be held Saturday morning at St. Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery, 196 Brick Church Circle, St. Stephen, SC 29479. A public memorial celebration of her life will be held next spring in St. Stephen. Meta Baggett Borop was born in St. Stephen,...

Joyce Neeley Kinder

Joyce Neeley Kinder

Nov 7, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Joyce Neeley Kinder passed into God's caring embrace on Friday, November 7 – entirely too early and unexpectedly - during her sixty-eighth year of sharing with and caring for others. There she will join her father, Walter Bookhardt Neeley, her son Joshua Kinder, and her mother Alberta Mills Neeley. Joyce was a designer with Material Things of...

Robert B. McNair

Robert B. McNair

Nov 6, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. Robert Blair McNair, 55, beloved son of Ellyn Blair McNair, died at his home after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his father, James M. McNair, Sr. A private graveside service will be held in historic Bethany Cemetery. Robert was born in Charlotte, NC and moved soon after to Aiken, at the time his...

Larry Cox

Larry Cox

Nov 5, 2014

AIKEN, SC – DUNCAN LAWRENCE COX, JR., 75, beloved husband, of Geraldine Utley Cox, died Wednesday, November 05, 2014 at his residence. A native of Silva, NC, Larry was a son of the late Duncan Lawrence, Sr. and Ann Gribble Cox. He was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army, retiring after 20 years, and serving two tours of...

Michael K Heaton

Michael K Heaton

Nov 5, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. Michael King Heaton, 63, died Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Mr. Heaton was a son of the late Clyde Samuel and Hazel King Heaton. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering, Michael worked as a computer aided designer in manufacturing. He moved to Aiken in 1988 and became a member of St. John’s United...

Dorothy B. Fisher

Dorothy B. Fisher

Nov 5, 2014

AIKEN, SC – Dorothy Beach Fisher died peacefully Nov. 5, 2014, in Aiken, SC. Dorothy was born on March 10, 1920, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She graduated high school and earned her BA degree from Cornell College in her hometown, where she majored in music. She had a lovely contralto voice and sang in choruses, at weddings, and she soloed...

Mabel Beasley

Mabel Beasley

Nov 2, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Mabel Beasley, 90, beloved wife of William "Bill" Beasley, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014. Graveside services will be held 3:00 PM Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Historic Bethany Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Beasley was the daughter of the late Frank Brown and Mabel Kimball McCoy....

Kathryn Huntley Windham

Kathryn Huntley Windham

Nov 1, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Kathryn “Kitty” Huntley Windham, 89, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014. Mrs. Windham was born on October 30, 1925, in Mt. Croghan, SC, to the late Johnson David and Lucy Burch Huntley. After finishing high school, Mrs. Windham graduated from Wingate Junior College and Coker College and later received her Masters Degree in Education from USC. She...

Donald Eugene Fuss

Donald Eugene Fuss

Oct 31, 2014

AIKEN - Mr. Donald Fuss, 65, passed away Friday, October 31, 2014. Mr. Fuss was born in Martinsburg, WV and was the son of Anna Mary Ruble Fuss Allen of Shepherdstown, WV and the late Donald E Fuss. Donald worked at the Savannah River Site as a Computer Specialist since moving to Aiken in 1988. He is survived by his...

Donald Edwin Faugl

Donald Edwin Faugl

Oct 30, 2014

AIKEN, SC- DONALD EDWIN FAUGL, 91, widower of the late Alice Harnagel Faugl, died on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Georgia Regents Medical Center. Mr. Faugl was born in Mansfield, OH, a son of the late Frank Faugl and Bertha Stoffer Faugl. Mr. Faugl has made Aiken his home since 1973. He was a veteran of the United States Army...

Beverly Park Crawford

Beverly Park Crawford

Oct 29, 2014

NEW ELLENTON, SC - Beverly Crawford, 84, returned to her heavenly home on October 30, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Crawford was born to the late Robert and Leila Park and grew up in Columbia, SC, but called New Ellenton home for much of her life. She was a graduate of Dreher High School (1947). She, and the love of...

Myrtle Burnette

Myrtle Burnette

Oct 29, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Myrtle Burgess Burnette, 88, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church, Aiken, with the Reverend Dr. Jim Ford officiating. Inurnment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church parlor. Mrs. Burnette was...

Zelma Richardson Smith

Zelma Richardson Smith

Oct 28, 2014

AIKEN, SC – ZELMA RICHARDSON SMITH, 90, widow of Ray Boling Smith, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Taylor Wells and Rev. Paul Volpitto officiating. Interment will follow in the historic Bethany Cemetery. Pallbearers will be...

Betty P. Thorne

Betty P. Thorne

Oct 28, 2014

NEW ELLENTON, SC – BETTY MARIE PARRIS THORNE, 83, of New Ellenton, SC, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Born February 22, 1931 in Chesnee, SC, Betty was a daughter of the late Vernon and Enola Scruggs Parris. She had been a resident of New Ellenton since 1952 and was married to the late Paul Lamar Thorne...

Frieda Yoder

Frieda Yoder

Oct 28, 2014

WAGENER, SC – FRIEDA ANN (MISHLER) YODER was born on April 4, 1951 in Sarasota, FL to John and Dema (Chupp) Mishler. On October 28, 2014, she went quietly and peacefully into the presence of Jesus whom she loved with a focused intensity. Frieda was the embodiment of fire and grace and she lived her life with integrity, enjoying the...

Barbara Sipp Sampson

Barbara Sipp Sampson

Oct 28, 2014

Barbara Sipp Sampson, 91, wife of Ed Sampson of Aiken, entered into rest on Tuesday evening, October 28th, 2014 at her residence after a valiant battle with cancer and in the loving arms of Christ and surrounded by her family. Mrs. Sampson was born in Topeka, Kansas on February 23, 1923, the daughter of Fred and Marian Sipp. She graduated...

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